Both on the same feed: The Ringer NFL Show and GM Street (co-hosted by ex-VP and GM of the Browns among others, Michael Lombardi).

I don’t know if they are any good tbh because I don’t understand a solid 40-50% of what’s being said, but I like the bits that I do understand. The Ringer’s Basketball shows for example (especially the ones that aren’t the main show) are a lot less in-depth than other bball pods I listen to and tend to focus on narratives and storylines more (which I’m all for, we are literally on a forum where humor intersects football).

Ah right, I did listen to the ringer for a bit but drifted away, the audio quality wasn’t good, although this was early. I listen to podcasts in my car and only there, so if the sound isn’t right it’s really noticeable.

I drift around between different shows, except ‘Around the NFL’ which is my religious listen to this first podcast, when new episodes come on.

If he is hurt and can’t play, it’ll really put the Pats in a bad place. They let Garapalo walk and sold Brissett to the Colts (I think?). Who the fuck is their back up for him now? I do think the Jags have a solid chance of beating them, but they’ll have to play transcedently out of their skins to do so. They do remind me of the Ravens though during the period where the only team in the AFC who seemed to reliably have Brady’s number were Ray Lewis & co.

I don’t really care if Brady is hurt or not tbh. Making fun of his quackery believing bullshit snakeoil salesman new persona is fair game. I don’t hope he’s injured, I just hope the Jags D line drag their balls on his face like Von Miller did two years ago.

Fairly sure if you are a fan of the other three teams, you recognize that your best shot at winning the Superbowl involves not having to face Brady either now or in 2 weeks time.

That said, I don’t want the Pats dynasty to go out with Brady injuring his hand a few days before another conference championship game, and the Pats getting crushed because he’s not there. Every great dynasty needs to end in one of two ways: at the peak of their greatness (see: MJ, don’t @ me about his time in D.C., that never happened) or getting annihilated because they stayed in for far too long and someone better came along and torched them (2014 Heat?).

Interested in seeing how he approaches this, less gimmicks and more of a straight forward, but less po faced than the nfl would be brilliant. Wonder if he had the chance to look at the International market, Mexico and obviously the UK both shown they can support teams, obviously the logistics of one is more difficult than the other.

If you’re referring to the XFL, then I will believe it when I see it, i.e. teams in foreign countries. This ploy is explicitly set up to draw away those whining snowflakes who want their athletes to shut up, not take a stand on anything “political” and attempt to kill one another on every play. The average dude who wants an alternative from the “political” culture of the NFL will never tolerate a team from Mexico or from all you fags in Europe (yeah, that’s how those type of people ultimately think about pretty much every one of you).

If you’re referring to the XFL, then I will believe it when I see it, i.e. teams in foreign countries. This ploy is explicitly set up to draw away those whining snowflakes who want their athletes to shut up, not take a stand on anything “political” and attempt to kill one another on every play. The average dude who wants an alternative from the “political” culture of the NFL will never tolerate a team from Mexico or from all you fags in Europe (yeah, that’s how those type of people ultimately think about pretty much every one of you).

Fuck Vince McMahon sideways.

Vince, for decades, has wanted to be successful and associated with something that wasn’t “wrestling”. I have a feeling he actually hates wrestling and it’s carny origins and wants to be known for something flashier to his 0.01% buddies. It’s partly why they tried to distance themselves from the term “Professional Wrestling” for so long and rebrand as “Sports Entertainment”.

It’s also why this is probably happening (again).

Anywho, this will probably fail spectacularly and I can’t wait. Odds on Trump “secretly” (as secretive anything can be under this administration) owning one of the teams?

Neverbeen is probably the closest thing I’ve seen to Brazilian fans after they got walloped by Germany, cheering the Germans on in the WC final.

The amount of celebrity Philly natives who live in LA losing their shit over this is quite funny. From Will Smith to Kobe (who was carrying his baby girl around as he was stomping and losing his shit in the most silent manner possible) to Rob McElhenney (From It’s Always Sunny, which makes me want to see a Big Dick Nick gag on the next season of the show) to a drunk Kevin Hart trying to crash the trophy presentation.

Really enjoyed watching the Two Bills 30 for 30 as a preamble to the Super Bowl. One of the better NFL-based 30 for 30s I’ve seen. I never really knew all of the minutiae behind 90s Belichick, other than him having a good season with the Browns before they jumped ship to Baltimore. Funny that he was twice head coach of the Jets yet never took charge of a single game.

Really enjoyed watching the Two Bills 30 for 30 as a preamble to the Super Bowl. One of the better NFL-based 30 for 30s I’ve seen. I never really knew all of the minutiae behind 90s Belichick, other than him having a good season with the Browns before they jumped ship to Baltimore. Funny that he was twice head coach of the Jets yet never took charge of a single game.

There is an alternate reality where Belichick stays in Cleveland and due to his success, keeps them there and they do what the Pats have done. I prefer that reality.

Obviously know Will Smith is from Philly, but he mentions ‘see me on the 50 yard line with the Raiders’ in getting jiggy with it, so just presumed he was actually a Raiders fan.

Anyway, what a game. Really great superbowl. Was infuriating to get through the day spoiler free as people kept trying to talk to me about it, which shows how far the popularity or exposure at least has come.

Never seen any of the college stuff but heard Darnold has a lot of mechanical and footwork issues from some experts. The draft is a luck based thing regardless though. College football matches are 95% people who never play a single snap as a pro so its no wonder we have 1st round busts and 7th and undrafted hall of famers.

Never seen any of the college stuff but heard Darnold has a lot of mechanical and footwork issues from some experts. The draft is a luck based thing regardless though. College football matches are 95% people who never play a single snap as a pro so its no wonder we have 1st round busts and 7th and undrafted hall of famers.

I think the bigger concerns for Darnold, are is his pocket presence and his throwing motion. I still think he will do a better job in NY than Mayfiled will do in Cleveland.

Never been a sporting turncoat before but strongly considering binning off the NFLs MAGAest fanbase and supporting the Vikings instead

We are a bunch of utterly miserable pricks.

Maybe so, but I’ve supported the Timberwolves long enough to know that the average Minnesotan response to adversity is downbeat fatalism, rather than the average Buffalo fan’s plan of ‘lets replace all of the talented black players with mediocre white ones’. Honestly the fanbases love of Rex Ryan and Ritchie Incognito should be enough to put anyone off.

I usually get into sports by playing their video games. With Football it was years of FIFA and then FM, with Basketball it was was 2K, I’d lump wrestling into this and say playing through like 8 different versions of SvR. With American football it was a struggle as it seemed like EA decided to never again create a Madden game for PC. I was legit contemplating buying a console for the sole purpose of playing Madden and catching up on console-only releases like Red Dead.

Anyhow, I think many of you would be elated, as I was like 5 minutes ago, to know that Madden NFL 19 is available on PC, and I seriously had to stop myself from throwing money at EA for it (especially that I already spent 50 euros on the last World of Warcraft expansion a month ago, and I plan to buy FM19).

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